/ jiːˈaʊ; NAmE / exclamation
( informal ) used to express sudden pain
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WORD ORIGIN
natural exclamation: first recorded in American English in the 1920s.
/ jiːˈaʊ; NAmE / exclamation
( informal ) used to express sudden pain
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WORD ORIGIN
natural exclamation: first recorded in American English in the 1920s.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005